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BlueCaliDem

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4. The Possible SCOTUS Nominee the GOP FEAR the most: Tino Cuellar
Mon Feb 15, 2016, 12:37 PM
Feb 2016

[font color="red" size="14"]The GOP’s Worst Nightmare SCOTUS Nominee[/font]
Tino Cuellar. California judge. Mexican-American. Harvard. Yale. Stanford. How many Latino votes you think the GOP’d get if they block him?



Here’s a name you need to get to know: Tino Cuellar. Who is Tino Cuellar? The potential Supreme Court nominee who could tie the Republican Party in the most Gordian knots of any of them, and who could thereby alter the presidential race dramatically as well.

Yes, yes; Barack Obama should choose the person best qualified for the job with whom he is most intellectually comfortable. But should that person be Mariano Florentino Cuellar, there could be plenty of benefits aside from having a brilliant, young, Latino person on the Court.

Cuellar, 43, is an associate justice on California’s State Supreme Court. He was born in Mexico. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He grew up on the border, and his family moved to California’s Imperial Valley when he was a teenager. He was smart and decided he wanted an education. He got one, all right. Get this resume: undergrad, Harvard; law school, Yale; master’s and doctoral degrees, Stanford.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/15/the-gop-s-worst-nightmare-scotus-nominee.html


Let's see if the Senate GOP will vote against HIM.

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Just wish Obama would appoint someone with a Trial Lawyer background, someone who has represented Dustlawyer Feb 2016 #1
+1 million geardaddy Feb 2016 #9
K & R! SoapBox Feb 2016 #2
Spot on, EarlG! BlueMTexpat Feb 2016 #3
The Possible SCOTUS Nominee the GOP FEAR the most: Tino Cuellar BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #4
Thank you very much for the introduction. debunction.junction Feb 2016 #22
LOVE LOVE LOVE the William O. Douglas comparison! SusanaMontana41 Feb 2016 #30
This would seemingly be a very, very astute choice for Obama to make Stargleamer Feb 2016 #37
Hey, Clarence had experience mdbl Feb 2016 #38
Obviously NewJeffCT Feb 2016 #40
Yep. But with Tino, that'll hurt them because he's a naturalized citizen AND Mexican-American, BlueCaliDem Feb 2016 #42
like Scalia, they're strict "Originalists"... alterfurz Feb 2016 #5
+100 AZ Progressive Feb 2016 #27
What we don't need is a "consensus" appointee. ladjf Feb 2016 #6
hypocrisy thelasthope Feb 2016 #7
K&R! stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #8
Kamala Harris................................... turbinetree Feb 2016 #10
Harris is running for Boxer's (or Feinstein's) seat Arkana Feb 2016 #25
I believe we need a strong progressive woman on this bench......................... turbinetree Feb 2016 #33
I'm confused... gregcrawford Feb 2016 #11
Well said, gregcrawford. 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #14
You're very kind. Thank you! gregcrawford Feb 2016 #19
How about a big, sloppy kiss? SusanaMontana41 Feb 2016 #31
I'm puckered up and waiting! gregcrawford Feb 2016 #39
If you take Aquinas's word for it... malthaussen Feb 2016 #17
Oooooh! I LIKE that argument! gregcrawford Feb 2016 #18
Well said, but no need for confusion awoke_in_2003 Feb 2016 #43
That is NOT how The Constitution is set up is it? SHRED Feb 2016 #12
We did that, twice! Delmette Feb 2016 #13
We damn sure did. 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #15
And if a Democrat is elected in 2016, what would be their excuse? malthaussen Feb 2016 #16
We did, 2008, 2012, and we are doing it again in 2016! oldandhappy Feb 2016 #20
if president Obama had mitch mcconnell arrested for sedition treason and sabotage captainarizona Feb 2016 #21
Let them play - we will see who will win Silver_Witch Feb 2016 #23
If the shoe was on the other foot and a Republican was replacing Ginsburg Arkana Feb 2016 #24
Which is why we need more Dems in Congress IronLionZion Feb 2016 #26
Actually, the people spoke twice, as far as I know. nt Stellar Feb 2016 #28
GOP disses memory of "strict constitutionalist" by ignoring Constitution. Beartracks Feb 2016 #29
I believe there is a solution Scalded Nun Feb 2016 #32
Oh Cruz libodem Feb 2016 #34
"GOP Says Democrats Must Win Election If They Want New Supreme Court Justice" Phlem Feb 2016 #35
I know NewJeffCT Feb 2016 #41
Nice one! K&R n/t ffr Feb 2016 #36
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